Great Doctors, Signed (14 results)

Unknown Binding. Condition: Very Good. Signed. Signed by the author. Paperback. Minimal wear and creases.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Inscribed by author and signature stamped. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR with o other inscription present. Vintage illustrated bookplate of James M. Kasten, Chicago physician of note. Small chip to bottom of jacket spine, else a fine, unclipped and unmarked copy in a Brodart cover. Signed.

Condition: Very Good. Hard back binding in publisher's original pale olive cloth covers, red title and author lettering to the spine and the upper panel. 8vo. 7½'' x 5ĵ''. Contains 264 printed pages of text with monochrome illustrations and photographs throughout. Light foxing to the closed page edges. Very Good condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper with small nicks to the spine ends, not price clipped. SIGNED by the author to the front free end paper 'Norman Wymer'. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, this preserves and prolongs the life of the paper, it is not adhered to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. BIO (Résumé, Memoir).

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. This books is soft-bound in gray wrappers with blue printing on the covers and spine. The covers show sunning to the edges and spine, and a few small spoiling spots. The binding is solid. The contents are bright and clean. This book is Signed/Inscribed by the author, Sibley Hoobler, on the title-page. ; Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 1st printing (same date). Signed by author. 408pp. Good+, worn and soiled with a glass ring on the front panel. Signed by Author(s).

Hardback. Red cloth, gilt lettering on the spine, 8vo, 408 pp. Presentation copy, with the inscription "For Ernest Hartter from his friend the Author" on ffep. Also, as usual, signed by the author on the frontis photograph of Chapin (1890-1961), and dated 1929. Account of the doctors recruited to serve with the British Army when America entered World War I. Franklin Martin, Chairman of the General Medical Board of the Council of National Defense was asked by Arthur Balfour if America could supply doctors, as Britain had no reserves left. 1500 volunteer doctors were sent to serve with British regiments in France, and this book details their experiences. Illustrated with full-page plates and one large fold out photograph of members of the Medical Officers Training Camp in Indiana. 3 lines of notes on front paste-down, no other marks in book, binding tight and pages clean. Covers show light edge wear, scratch on front cover. Book condition VG-. Binding: HB. Edition: First Edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Presumed First Edition, First printing. [6], xi,[1], 3-40, [2]8 pages. Illustrations. Large, 4 panel fold-out group photo between pages vi and vii. Foreword by Franklin H. Martin. Roster. Several instance of yellow highlighting to next noted. Some minor soiling inside boards and flyleaves. Some wear and edge rubbing to cover and edges. From an article in JAMA from 1908--After a struggle of four years on the part of the Surgeon General of the Army, backed by the medical profession, Congress at its last session was induced to give much needed relief to the Army Medical Corps, by an Act, approved last April, entitled "A bill to increase the efficiency of the Medical Department of the Army." Conditions in the Army prior to this were deplorable, so far as the organization of the Medical Department was concerned, as apparently no thought had been given to requirements for war. In fact, officers were far too few to perform the ordinary duties of peace times. To be capable of ready expansion in war time. the act authorized the Medical Reserve Corps, a peacetime pool of trained civilian physicians. This represented the first United States Army volunteer reserve and proved the forerunner for the entire Army Reserve system. The Medical Reserve Corps had grown to 1,757 officers, plus 146 on active duty, compared to 443 Regular Army medical officers at the time. By 30 June 1917, less than three months after the declaration of war, this had grown to 9,223 officers in the Medical, Dental, and Veterinary Officers' Reserve Corps, most recently enrolled. The American Medical Association and the American College of Surgeons formed a Committee on Medical Preparedness. Franklin H. Martin, head of the American College of Surgeons, was particularly instrumental in recruiting surgeons to the Medical Reserve Corps in anticipation of the war. The National Academy of Sciences created the National Research Council, which became an arm of the National Defense Council. Universities such as Johns Hopkins, University of Kansas, and Harvard University, were to organize and field hospital units, operating under the overall control of the army. The Red Cross was at this time an organization which provided ambulances and delivered medical care, besides its relief activities, was of great assistance. It had been involved in the war since 1916, providing 47 ambulance units to assist the British and French armies. All of these units were taken into the Army after war was declared. The first American military unit in France during World War I was Base Hospital No. 4 (Cleveland), which arrived to cheering French crowds on 25 May 1917, nineteen days ahead of General Pershing and the nucleus of his American Expeditionary Force (AEF) staff. These American physicians, nurses, and enlisted men would face the possibility of death and destruction months before the first American soldiers would see combat. The root of Reserve Medical Officers aiding the British Army was the Balfour Mission which came to the United States in April 1917. This visit by the former British Prime Minister sparked the agreement that led to placing U.S. Army medical personnel in British units. Balfour asked Dr. Martin if he could provide between a thousand and twelve hundred physicians as soon as possible. Martin promised he could, saying he would be glad to be of assistance. The next day Dr. Martin reported to Secretary of War Newton Baker that he had pledged the United States government to provide 1,000 American medical officers to serve with the British forces. Baker's response to Martin on being informed of the commitment was "Doctor, go the limit!" The die was cast that would send nearly 1,500 American Army medical officers to Europe to serve with the British Army, some until the end of the war. This American contribution would take the immediate form of six base hospitals, each with a complete medical staff, and over 100 additional medical officers were quickly dispatched to England. Thus 'The Lost Legion" was created.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st. 1st ed. 408p. Photos. One photo folding. Red cloth. Ex.lib. old paper label on spine. No pocket. SIGNED and dated 1927 on the frontis. Slightly smudged. Very Good Copy. Signed by Author. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: fair to good. First Edition. Some soiling inside boards and flyleaves, large pencil name inside front flyleaf, boards somewhat scuffed/worn. Damp stains in margins of several pages (no pages stuck). 6], xi,[1], 3-40, [2]8 pages. Illustrations. Large, 4 panel fold-out group photo between pages vi and vii. Foreword by Franklin H. Martin. Roster. Signed by the author on the frontis illustration. From an article in JAMA from 1908--After a struggle of four years on the part of the Surgeon General of the Army, backed by the medical profession, Congress at its last session was induced to give much needed relief to the Army Medical Corps, by an Act, approved last April, entitled "A bill to increase the efficiency of the Medical Department of the Army." Conditions in the Army prior to this were deplorable, so far as the organization of the Medical Department was concerned, as apparently no thought had been given to requirements for war. In fact, officers were far too few to perform the ordinary duties of peace times. To be capable of ready expansion in war time. the act authorized the Medical Reserve Corps, a peacetime pool of trained civilian physicians. This represented the first United States Army volunteer reserve and proved the forerunner for the entire Army Reserve system. The Medical Reserve Corps had grown to 1,757 officers, plus 146 on active duty, compared to 443 Regular Army medical officers at the time. By 30 June 1917, less than three months after the declaration of war, this had grown to 9,223 officers in the Medical, Dental, and Veterinary Officers' Reserve Corps. The American Medical Association and the American College of Surgeons formed a Committee on Medical Preparedness. Franklin H. Martin, head of the American College of Surgeons, was particularly instrumental in recruiting surgeons to the Medical Reserve Corps in anticipation of the war. The National Academy of Sciences created the National Research Council, which became an arm of the National Defense Council. Universities such as Johns Hopkins, University of Kansas, and Harvard University, were to organize and field hospital units, operating under the overall control of the army. The Red Cross was at this time an organization which provided ambulances and delivered medical care, besides its relief activities, was of great assistance. It had been involved in the war since 1916, providing 47 ambulance units to assist the British and French armies. All of these units were taken into the Army after war was declared. The first American military unit in France during World War I was Base Hospital No.4 (Cleveland), which arrived to cheering French crowds on 25 May 1917, nineteen days ahead of General Pershing and the nucleus of his American Expeditionary Force (AEF) staff. These American physicians, nurses, and enlisted men would face the possibility of death and destruction months before the first American soldiers would see combat. The root of Reserve Medical Officers aiding the British Army was the Balfour Mission which came to the United States in April 1917. This visit by the former British Prime Minister sparked the agreement that led to placing U.S. Army medical personnel in British units. Balfour asked Dr. Martin if he could provide between a thousand and twelve hundred physicians as soon as possible. Martin promised he could, saying he would be glad to be of assistance. The next day Dr. Martin reported to Secretary of War Newton Baker that he had pledged the United States government to provide 1,000 American medical officers to serve with the British forces. Baker's response to Martin on being informed of the commitment was "Doctor, go the limit!" The die was cast that would send nearly 1,500 American Army medical officers to Europe to serve with the British Army, some until the end of the war. This American contribution would take the immediate form of six base hospitals, each with a complete medical staff, and over 100 additional medical officers were quickly dispatched to England. Thus 'The Lost Legion" was created.

Hardcover. Condition: good. First Edition. Slight soiling inside boards and flyleaves, some soiling to boards, rear board somewhat scratched. [6], xi,[1], 3-40, [2]8 pages. Illustrations. Large, 4 panel fold-out group photo between pages vi and vii. Foreword by Franklin H. Martin. Roster. Some minor soiling inside boards and flyleaves. Some wear and edge rubbing to cover and edges. Inscribed by the author. From an article in JAMA from 1908--After a struggle of four years on the part of the Surgeon General of the Army, backed by the medical profession, Congress at its last session was induced to give much needed relief to the Army Medical Corps, by an Act, approved last April, entitled "A bill to increase the efficiency of the Medical Department of the Army." Conditions in the Army prior to this were deplorable, so far as the organization of the Medical Department was concerned, as apparently no thought had been given to requirements for war. In fact, officers were far too few to perform the ordinary duties of peace times. To be capable of ready expansion in war time. the act authorized the Medical Reserve Corps, a peacetime pool of trained civilian physicians. This represented the first United States Army volunteer reserve and proved the forerunner for the entire Army Reserve system. The Medical Reserve Corps had grown to 1,757 officers, plus 146 on active duty, compared to 443 Regular Army medical officers at the time. By 30 June 1917, less than three months after the declaration of war, this had grown to 9,223 officers in the Medical, Dental, and Veterinary Officers' Reserve Corps. The American Medical Association and the American College of Surgeons formed a Committee on Medical Preparedness. Franklin H. Martin, head of the American College of Surgeons, was particularly instrumental in recruiting surgeons to the Medical Reserve Corps in anticipation of the war. The National Academy of Sciences created the National Research Council, which became an arm of the National Defense Council. Universities such as Johns Hopkins, University of Kansas, and Harvard University, were to organize and field hospital units, operating under the overall control of the army. The Red Cross was at this time an organization which provided ambulances and delivered medical care, besides its relief activities, was of great assistance. It had been involved in the war since 1916, providing 47 ambulance units to assist the British and French armies. All of these units were taken into the Army after war was declared. The first American military unit in France during World War I was Base Hospital No.4 (Cleveland), which arrived to cheering French crowds on 25 May 1917, nineteen days ahead of General Pershing and the nucleus of his American Expeditionary Force (AEF) staff. These American physicians, nurses, and enlisted men would face the possibility of death and destruction months before the first American soldiers would see combat. The root of Reserve Medical Officers aiding the British Army was the Balfour Mission which came to the United States in April 1917. This visit by the former British Prime Minister sparked the agreement that led to placing U.S. Army medical personnel in British units. Balfour asked Dr. Martin if he could provide between a thousand and twelve hundred physicians as soon as possible. Martin promised he could, saying he would be glad to be of assistance. The next day Dr. Martin reported to Secretary of War Newton Baker that he had pledged the United States government to provide 1,000 American medical officers to serve with the British forces. Baker's response to Martin on being informed of the commitment was "Doctor, go the limit!" The die was cast that would send nearly 1,500 American Army medical officers to Europe to serve with the British Army, some until the end of the war. This American contribution would take the immediate form of six base hospitals, each with a complete medical staff, and over 100 additional medical officers were quickly dispatched to England. Thus 'The Lost Legion" was created.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Jonathan Cape, from 1972; Bloomsbury, from 1990; others earlier. First editions, first printings throughout, with full number strip starting with 1 where called for. An Answer From Limbo, Andre Deutsch, 1963. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +, with clean and firm boards and tight text block; short (one inch of letters) former owner's name to top of fep. Dust jacket condition: Near Fine, with no tears or nicks; not price clipped. Catholics, Jonathan Cape, 1972. Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust jacket condition: Near Fine, with single closed quarter-inch tear to bottom of spine; very thin sunning line to top inside of wrapper; not price clipped. The Great Victorian Collection, Cape, 1975. Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust jacket condition: Fine: not price clipped. The Doctor's Wife, Cape, 1976. Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust jacket condition: Fine. The Mangan Inheritance, Cape, 1979. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good: neat former owner's mark to top of fep. Dust jacket condition: Very Good +: sixteenth-inch high by one-inch long nick to bottom of front flap; not price clipped. The Temptation of Eileen Hughes, Cape, 1981. Hardcover. Condition: Fine: UK imprint but printed in the US. Dust jacket condition: Very Good +, with no tears or nicks, but fading to spine and to bottom of front wrapper; neat price clip but with publisher's printed price sticker and Irish bookseller's printed price label above. Cold Heaven, Cape, 1983. Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine: single one-inch light indentation to rear board, otherwise fine. Dust jacket condition: Fine: neat price clip but with publisher's printed price sticker adjacent. The Colour of Blood, Cape, 1987. Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust jacket condition: Near Fine: nicks to top and bottom of front flap and to top of front wrapper; not price clipped. Lies of Silence, Bloomsbury, 1990. Hardcover. Condition: Dedicated, signed and dated (24 April 1990) by the author to the title page. Dust jacket condition: Fine: not price clipped. No Other Life, Bloomsbury, 1993. Hardcover. Condition: Fine: Signed by the author to the title page. Dust jacket condition: Fine: not price clipped. The Statement, Bloomsbury, 1995. Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust jacket condition: Near Fine: no tears but with tiny nicks to edges; not price clipped. Extra postage will be required for the 11 books, particularly overseas. This will be requested following an order. Signed by Author(s).

BMA Cymru Wales. 2014. First Edition. Paperback. SIGNED presentation copy from the author "John with best wishes John" written to inside cover. Tall 8vo. Illustrated. A very nice copy. Covers very slightly grubby o/w overall a lovely clean and fresh copy.

Letter. This 16 December 1943 autograph letter signed from British Prime Minister Winston Churchill's British Foreign Minister and Leader of the House of Commons, Anthony Eden, to Churchill's great friend, media mogul, and Tory politician Lord Beaverbrook, is a direct window on Churchill's dire health emergency in North Africa in late 1943, immediately following conferences with Stalin and Roosevelt. The letter, written entirely in Eden's hand on the recto of a single sheet of embossed House of Commons stationery, reads "My dear Max, Thank you so much for your letter. Attlee and I saw the two doctors who had attended Winston, after our Cabinet last night. Both were emphatic that the men out there were the best possible; no one who could be sent out from here could be better. In view of this we did not feel there was anything more to be done in that line." After his valediction, Eden signs simply "Anthony". "Attlee" is, of course, Deputy Prime Minister Clement Attlee, who would succeed Churchill as Prime Minister in July 1945.Condition and provenanceCondition of the letter is near fine. The embossed House of Commons stationery is crisp, complete, and clean apart from a faint paperclip impression and stain at the upper left corner. A single vertical crease and a single horizontal crease are presumably from original posting. Eden's writing remains clear and distinct. This letter was part of the Forbes family's incomparable Churchill collection, and thereafter part of the Churchill collection of Richard C. Marsh, from whence it came to us. The letter is protected within a clear, removable, archival sleeve housed in a rigid, crimson cloth folder."I am completely at the end of my tether."Fresh from a wartime conference with U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin, "On the morning of 2 December 1943, Churchill left Teheran by air for Cairo," where he had further meetings with Roosevelt and many others. By 7 December 1943, it was clear that Churchill was contending with some illness, though meetings continued. On the night of 10 December, "Churchill left Cairo for the westward flight to Tunisia, the prelude, as he hoped, to a visit to the British troops in Italy." His plane landed at the wrong airport, where Churchill waited outside in "a very cold morning wind" before another short flight and a drive to meet with Eisenhower, to whom Churchill confided "I am completely at the end of my tether and cannot go on to the front until I have recovered some strength." Churchill had pneumonia, diagnosed via a portable X-Ray machine brought in from Tunis. Then 69 years old, Churchill had survived everything from Dervish spears to artillery shells in battle on three continents, and every manner of incident and accident, from falling out of a tree as a young man, falling out the sky in a plane as an adult, and being struck by a New York City truck driver. It was not clear that his luck would hold.For some days, Churchill's illness "continued to cause alarm" and "Churchill's heart began to show signs of strain." On 14 December, Churchill told his daughter Sarah, "If I die, don't worry the war is won." Staff began to converge on him in North Africa, as did his wife and son. On the 15th, Churchill experienced prolonged fibrillation and his doctor recognized "we were at last right up against things." Churchill had suffered a heart attack. His doctor sat by Churchill's bedside, "waiting for the Prime Minister's heart to resume its normal rhythm." It was only on 16 December, the day Eden wrote this letter to Beaverbrook, that Churchill's condition began to improve, "his pulse steadier" and lungs "clearing a little." Substantiating Eden's reassurance to Beaverbrook about Churchill's medical care, Churchill's Private Secretary John Martin wrote to his wife on 16 December: "We have quite an assembly of medical talent, and everything possible is being done for him."The long-suffering Anthony EdenIf retrospectively pressed, Eden mig.